Hair curler



June 939- A. GOODMAN 2,161,758

HAIR CURLER Filed March 27, 19:57

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BY pm ATTORNEY Patented June 6, 1939 PATENT OFFICE HAIR CURLER AbrahamGoodman, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Delamere Company, Inc., acorporation of Delaware Application March 27, 1937, Serial No. 133,358

6 Claims.

The present invention relates to hair curlers, and more particularly tocurlers of the type having a hair rolling element on which the ends ofhair are gripped prior to rolling, and having a hinged clamp which isswung down and fastened over the rolled hair to prevent the hair fromunrolling or uncurling.

One of the principal objections to this type of curler is that it doesnot permit of winding the curls tight to the scalp or head.

It is an object of this invention to provide an improved curler of thistype wherein the clamp is mounted in a guideway for rotation relativelyto the hair rolling element as well as for swinging movement in respectthereto, thus providing a curler that will permit of winding curlstightly to the scalp.

A further object is to provide a curl construction in which the clamp isrevolubly mounted in a guideway which is set and maintained in fixedrelation to the hair rolling element so as to revent any relativelongitudinal movement of the clamp and hair rolling element.

Other objects, advantages, and distinguishing features of the inventionwill appear more fully from the following description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, in which:-

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the assembled hair curler;

Fig. 2 is a view in cross-sectional side elevation of a collar part tobe attached to the hairrolling element by a pin which also serves as apivot on which to swing a jaw member to and from the rolling element togrip or release the hair;

Fig. 3 is a view in cross-sectional side elevation of a second collarpart complementary to, and having a driving fit on the collar part ofFig. 2, whereby with the latter to provide a guideway for revolublemounting thereon of a clamp;

Fig. 4 is a view in cross-section of a member to which the clamp ispivotally attached, and which serves as a carrier for rotary movement ofthe clamp in the guideway;

Fig. 5 is a view in cross-sectional side elevation of the assembledelements of Figs. 2, 3 and 4; and

Fig. 6 is a view in cross-section taken on the line 66 of Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawing, 9 is a tubular hair rolling element to whichis attached by means of a pin It] a collar II that serves as a guidewayfor revolubly mounting the clamp. The hair rolling element 9 has a pairof flat, spaced wings l2 where it receives the pin l0. Also mounted onpin IQ for pivotal movement to and from the plane of the hair rollingelement 9, is a finger or jaw l3. Preliminary to rolling the hair, theends are inserted and gripped between the jaw' l3 and the rollingelement 9, and are thereafter held while the hair is being curled. Thisfinger or jaw i3 is preferably of arcuate crosssection conforming to asurface of the hair rolling member 9, but, as shown in Fig. 6, isextended into fiat wings I4 for side lapping on the wing extensions l2of member 9 to allow free swinging movement on the pin I0.

The members 9 and I3 are provided with finger pieces I5 and it,respectively, extending rearwardly of the fixed collar ll, whereby toswing the two members apart for insertion and release of the hair. Aspring l1, bearing at one end against the hair rolling member and at theother end against the jaw, is tensioned normally to force the memberstogether, and to hold them in hair gripping position.

[8 is a sleeve having a disc or flange portion l9. This sleeveconstitutes one of the parts of the collar or guideway I I. In thesleeve [8, Fig. 2, is shown one of two diametrically opposed holes 2!]for the pin II]. This sleeve l8, see Fig. 6, is curved at top and bottombut has fiat sides 2| that serve to prevent rotation of parts 9 and I3with respect thereto, and further serve as side bearings for the wings Mof the jaw l3. Heads 22 on pin l0 bear against the flat sides 2| ofsleeve l8 to prevent lateral displacement of the pin.

The sleeve l8 in addition to carrying the pivot In of the jaw l3 servesas an element of a mounting or guideway for a clamp. This clamp, seeFigure 1, is shown as a loop of wire consisting of two arms 23 and 24having a connecting part 25 carrying a roller or button 26 adapted to besnapped over and held in the open end of the tubular member 9 when theloop is swung down into the plane of that member. The clamp need not beof loop formation, and means other than a roller 26 may be employed tofasten the same. A great variety of such fastening means are known tothe art.

The present invention is concerned particularly with the manner ofmounting the clamp upon the rolling element 9 so as to permit ofrotation of both the hair rolling element and. the hair gripping jawwithout corresponding rotary movement of the clamp, and withoutlongitudinal play of the clamp with respect to the rolling elementduring opening or closing movements of the'jaw. Thus, when the curl hasbeen rolled close to the head and the clamp swung to clamping position,the rolling element may be further rotated slightly to wind the curlvery tight to the scalp.

The ends of the arms 23 and 24 of the clamp are pivotally connected orhinged at 21 to opposite sides of a semi-circular carrier strap .28 of acurvature which permit the same to be seated revolubly on the sleeve 29and which holds the ends of the clamp properly spaced apart. The

. sleeve 29, see Fig. '3, constitutes the second part of the collar H,and slides with a driving'fit over the sleeve l8. When the collar partsare thus secured, see Fig. 5, the carrier strap 28 forthe .clamp, whichmay be previously placed on the sleeve 29, is heldrrevolubly on thesleeve 29 between'the'flange IQ of the sleeve I8 and the correspondingflange 30 of the sleeve 29.

The carrier strap 28 to which the clamp is hinged at 2! is shownofarcuate, semi-circular shape. The discs l9 and 30 may therefore beconveniently providedwith overhanging peripheral' rims 3i and32 thathold the carrier28 against radial displacement. The carrier 28 is shownin Figs. 4 and' 5 as of U-shaped cross section, except at its ends 33,where-the sides of the U are cut away and the crosspiece of the Ucontinued to the hinge points 21 of the arms 23 be made.

and 24, and heads-i4 areprovided to hold the lubly mounted in theguideway, and a clamp swingably secured to the carrier.

2. A hair curler comprising a hair rolling element, a hair gripping jawpivoted thereto, a guideway fixed to the hair rolling element, a pinextending through the guideway and the jaw to make a pivotal connectionbetween the two, a carrier revolubly mounted in the guideway, and aclamp swingably secured to the carrier.

3. A hair curler comprising a hair rolling element, a hair gripping jawpivoted thereto, a

guideway immovably secured to the hair rolling element and pivotallyconnected to the jaw, and a clamp swingable to and Iromhair clampingposition, said clamp being mountedin the guideway to permit of the hairrolling element and its attached jaw being freely rotated without causinrotation of the clamp.

4. A hair curler comprising a hair rolling element, a hair gripping jawpivoted thereto, a guideway immovably secured to the hair rollingelement at the point of pivotal connection with the jaw, a carrierrevolubly mounted in the guideway, a 'swingable clamp having its endspivotally secured to the carrier at diametrically opposed points.

5. A hair curler comprising a hair rolling element, a hair gripping jawpivoted thereto, an annular guideway surrounding and immovably securedtothe hair rolling element and pivoted to the hair gripping jaw, and aclamp swingably and revolubly mounted in the guideway.

6. A hair curler comprisinga hair rolling element, a hair. gripping jawpivoted thereon, both of said elements having handle portions extendingrearwardly beyond the pivot, an annular guideway surrounding andimmovably secured to the hair rolling element with the handle portionsof both the rolling element and the gripping jaw passing through saidguieway, and a clamp swingably and revolubly mounted in the guideway.

ABRAHAM GOODMAN.

